Cash-register



{No Model.) 4 SheetsSheet 1. G. J. PASSIOK.

- CASH REGISTER. No. 502,580. Patented Aug. 1,1893.

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0. J. PASSIOK.

CASH REGISTER.

No. 502,580. Pa qnted Aug. 1, 1893.

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4 Sheets-Sheet 3. G. J. PASSIGK. CASH REGISTER.

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No. 502,580 Patented Aug. 1, 1893.

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G J. PASSIOK 4 Sheets-Sheet 4.

CASH REGISTER (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. PASSICK, OF SEWVARD, NEBRASKA.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,580, dated August1, 1893.

Application filed February 23, 1893. Serial No. 463,420. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES J. PASSIOK, of Seward, in the county ofSeward and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and ImprovedGash-Register, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in cash registers; and the objectof my invention is to produce a simple and convenient cash registerwhich maybe secured beneath a counter, which is adapted when operated todisplay to a purchaser the amount of his purchase and also register theamount, which is provided with a cash drawer which can only be openedwhen one of the registering buttons is pressed, and which in general isadapted to serve the purposes of an ordinary cash register and isconstructed so as to operate positively and with little likelihood ofgetting out of order.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cash register with the cash draweropen. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan on the line 22 in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal section on the line 3--3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is abroken sectional plan on the line 4-4 in Fig. 3 and shows in detail themechanism for hoisting one of the display signs. Fig. 5 is a crosssection on the line 55 in Fig. 3; and Fig. 6 isa broken cross section onthe line 66 in Fig. 3.

The register is provided with a suitable case 10 which has at one endand on the upper side a vertical extension 11 this being covered by aflat top 12 supported on posts 13, and the upper portion of theextension is open or provided with transparent panels, as shown in Fig.1, so that the display signs within the case may be distinctly seen bythe purchaser. The construction and shape of the case described enablesthe body of the case to be secured beneath the counter 14, as shown inFig. 3, while the higher portion 11 will project above the counter atone edge. The case is provided with a sliding drawer 14.- adapted to bepulled out of the front end of the case and having on its lower edge ahand hold 15, which may be grasped when the drawer is to be opened, ashereinafter described.

In the front end of the drawer 14 is a cash till 16, having in its lowerportion compartments 17 for bills and having in its upper portion asliding block 18 with pockets 19 therein for small change, thisarrangement being substantially like an ordinary till. The drawer isheld to run on rollers 20 which are journaled in the bottom of the case10 and the movement of the drawer is limited by the bolt 21 of a lock22, which look may be of any suitable construction and it is secured tothe back of the till 16, near the top, so that the bolt 21 may projectabove the till so as to strike shoulders 23 and 21 in the case 10, theseshoulders preventing the drawer from being pushed too far in and beingpulled too far out.

The drawer is held locked bya locking bar 25, see Figs. 2 and 3, whichis arranged in the back portion of the drawer so as to swing verticallyand is provided with side arms 26 which are pivoted on opposite sides ofthe drawer, as shown at 27, and on the underside of the locking bar is abolt 28 adapted to swing downward through a recess 29 and enter a recess30 in the case bottom, so that when the bolt is in thelatter recess, thedrawer is securely fastened. The case bottom is also provided in frontof the recess 30 with notches 30 adapted to catch the bolt 28 in casethe drawer is not tightly closed and prevent it from being openedwithout pushing one of the buttons 31. The drawer is unlocked, theamount of a purchase registered, and the amount of the purchasedisplayed by pressing upon one of the sliding buttons 31 on the front ofthe drawer 14, these buttons being arranged in a row and each buttonrepresenting a certain value in money that will appear hereinafter, andeach button has an inwardly extending shank 32 which slides in the frontof the drawer. The buttons have above them a curved guard plate 31 whichis marked to indicate the value of the buttons, the buttons and guardplates in the drawings being marked 5, 10, 25, and50, repr t. ing cents,and 1 and 2, representing dollars, but this arrangement may be carriedout to any necessary or desired extent. The guard plate 31 enables theright button to be quickly located and it also prevents the buttons frombeing accidentally pressed inward by a person who may bring his bodyinto contact with the front of the machine. Each button connects with aslide rod 33 extending inward along the bottom of the drawer 14 and heldat its inner end to slide in a guide 34, and the slide rod and buttonare normally pressed forward by a coil spring 35 which is held betweenthe guide 34 and a collar 36 on the slide rod. The inner end of eachslide rod is pivotcd to a rearwardly extending arm 37 which is curvedslightly upward and it is also pivoted at its rear end to a lever 38this being fulcrumed on a cross shaft 39 held in supports 39, and thereis a lever 38 for each slide rod, as will appear by reference to Fig. 2.Each lever 38 has on its back side and near its lower end a rearwardlyextending arm 40 which projects beneath the locking bar 25, and it willbe seen that when the slide rod is pressed inward the lower end of thelever 38 will swing back carrying the arm 40 with it, and the latter byswinging beneath the looking bar 25, lifts the locking bar so as toraise the bolt 28 from the recess 30 and permit the opening of thedrawer 14. The upper portion 41 of each lever 38 is adapted to strike,when the lever is tilted, a swinging arm 42 which is held in a nearlyvertical position and is pivoted near the center on a shaft 43 in theupper back portion of the drawer, the shaft be ing supported on hangers43, see Fig. 3, and this portion of the drawer is left open to permitthe arm 42 to swing. The upper end of each arm is pivoted to apitman 44which extends longitudinally above the drawer 14 to a point near thefront end of the machine where it is pivoted to one arm 45 of a bellcrank 46, this being pivoted on a shaft 47 which is hung on the innerside and front portion of the case 10, and the other arm 48 of this bellcrank extends beneath a swinging arm 49 pivoted on a shaft 50 which isheld parallel with and a little above the shaft 47. Each arm 49 iscurved downward and backward and its free end extends beneath a pin 51on the shank 52 of one of the display signs 54, there being a sign foreach button and the signs are marked to correspond with the sumrepresented by the button 31, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The shanks 52slide in a transverse partition 53 in the upwardly extending part- 11 ofthe main case. Each shank 52is provided on one side with an angular stud55, the widest portion being at the lower end, and the stud slidesthrough the slot 56 in a spring bar 57 which is held to slide in keepers58 on the under side of the partition 53, and the bar is normally pulledby a spring 59 at one end so as to draw the bar beneath a stop 55 when ashank 52is raised.

It will be seen then that when one of the buttons 31 is pressed inwardthe swingingof the lever 38 will tilt the arm 42,pull the pitman 44 andactuate the lever46 and arm 49 so as to lift the shank 52 and sign 54,thus throwing the sign into the upper open portion of the case where itmay be distinctly seen, and the stop 55 will hold the sign in anelevated position. When another sign is raised, the stop 55 on the shankof the latter sign will throw the spring bar 57 against the tension ofits spring with sufficient force to release the first shank and permitthe sign first raised to drop.

The movement of the slide rod 33, besides unlocking the drawer andexhibiting the amount of a purchase, also registers the amount, and tothis end each arm 37 is provided with a forwardly extending spring pawl55 having a tooth 56 at its free end, which tooth is adapted to engageone of the teeth 57 of a number wheel 58, and there is a wheel 58 aboveeach slide rod, as shown in Fig. 2. The number wheels 58 are journaledloosely on a shaft 59 which is held in hangers or supports 60 and thewheels are numbered on their faces, as shown in Fig. 2, so that as theyare moved tooth by tooth a progressively increasing number will beexhibited on the upper face of the wheel. It will be of courseunderstood that the numbers on each wheel must be multiples of thenumber represented by the button which operates the wheel. The numberwheels are prevented from turning back by spring pawls 61 which aresecured to an adjacent support and which engage the teeth of the numberwheels. Each number wheel is preferably provided with ten numbers,although this number is not arbitrary, and on each number wheel is alaterally extending pin 62 which is adapted to engage one of the teeth63 of a second number wheel 64 which is arranged behind and adjacent tothe number wheel 58, there being as many number wheels 64 as there arenumber wheels 58, and as the number wheels 64 turn only one tooth atevery revolution of the number wheels 58, it will be seen that theamounts exhibited by the wheels 64 will be ten times as large as thoseexhibited on the wheels 58, that is, if the wheels 58 represent tens thewheels 64 will represent hundreds. The wheels 64 are journaled looselyon a shaft 65 which is held in hangers 66 on the drawer bottom, and thewheels are prevented from turning in the wrong direction by spring pawls61. The numbers on the wheels 58 and 64 may be read through sight slots67 and 68 in the cover 67 which is arranged above the number wheels, andthese slots are exposed when the drawer is pulled out. When the wheelshave registered up to their full capacity, it is necessary to turn themback to 0, and to this end each wheel 58 and 64 has adjacent to it andkeyed to the shaft 59 or 65, as the case may be, a mutilated ratchetwheel 69 with a portion of its face plain, as shown at 70, and theratchet wheel is engaged by a pawl 71 on the adjacent number wheel,which pawl is pressed into engagement with the ratchet wheel bya spring72, also carried by the wheel. The

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shafts 59 and G5 are provided at one end with cranks 73, see Fig. 2, andwhen the number wheels are to be turned back to O, the cranks are movedup and down, thus moving the cranks back and forth, that is, oscillatingthem, and the pawls engage the ratchet wheels and cause the numberwheels to be moved back until the pawls come opposite the smoothportions of the ratchet wheels, when they will have no effect and thiswill indicate that the number wheels have been turned back to O, as thenumber wheels and ratchet wheels are arranged so that the marks of thenum ber wheels will be uppermost When the pawls are at the first teethof the ratchet wheels,

that is, the teeth next the plain faces 7 0.

Behind the drawer is a gong 74 which is rung every time the drawer isopened and which thus serves as a safe-guard in the usual way, and abovethe gong is pivoted a hammer 75 having a head 76 to strike the gong, andits upper end is held against a pin 78 by a spring 77 which is securedto an arm on the upper end of the hammer and to the side of the case 10,and the top 79 of the hammer engages a spring catch 80 on the back ofthe drawer. Consequently when the drawer is pulled forward, the catchlifts the hammer upward and when the catch slides over the hammer thehead 76 descends and strikes the gong. When the drawer is pushed in, thecatch springs back to place over the top of the hammer.

The register may be locked by a cross bar 81 which is held in a recess81 in the front of the drawer and extends above the slide rods 33 justbehind the shanks 32 of the buttons, this cross bar having upwardlyextending guidearms 82 which move in slots or recesses 83 in the drawerfront, and the cross bar has also a middle arm 84 likewise held to movevertically in a recess in the drawer front, and this arm at its upperend terminates in a hollow segmental cam 85 which moves in a recess 85in the drawer. In the hollow of the cam is a revoluble shaft 86 having alug 87 thereon which is adapted to engage the upper and lower walls ofthe cam, so that by turning the shaft the arm 84 and cross bar 81 may beeither raised or lowered. The shaft 86 comes opposite a key-hole 88 onthe front of the drawer, see Fig. 1, and when the machine is to belooked a key 80 is inserted, the lug 87 turned down, and the cross bar81 forced downward upon the slide rods and behind the shanks 32 of thebuttons 31. It will be seen that when in this position, the cross barwill prevent the buttons from being pushed in and the machine cannot beworked. WVhen the machine is in use, however, the cross bar is raised soas to permit the free movement of the buttons.

To operate the machine the hand hold 15 is grasped and with his thumbthe operator presses the button 31 which represents the amount to beregistered. \Vhen this is done the slide rod 38 moves inward, the lockbar 25 and bolt 28 are lifted by the arm 40, and the swinging lever 38,thus permitting the drawer to be withdrawn and the cash to be placedwithin it, and at the same time the upper end 41 of the lever 38actuates the arm 42, pitman 44, bell crank 46, and arm 49 so as to throwup the shank 52 and display the sign 5% representing the amount of thepurchase, and the pawl 55 will, while this movement is going on, haveturned the wheel 58 so as to advance the wheel one tooth and number andthus register the amount of the purchase.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A cash register, comprising an inclosing case, adrawer held to slide therein, locking mechanism to hold the drawerclosed, display signs held to move upward in the case and into view, thesigns being appropriately marked as described, registering number wheelsarranged within the drawer, a plurality of push buttons arranged on thedrawer and numbered to correspond with the number wheels and displaysigns, and mechanism operated by the pushing of the buttons to unlockthe drawer, raise the display signs and turn the number wheels,substantially as described.

2. A cash register, comprising an inclosing case, a slidable drawer heldin the case, a gravity lock carried by and adapted to hold the drawerclosed, a series of numbered push buttons arranged on the front of thedrawer, registering number wheels for each push button, within thedrawer an upwardly moving display sign for each number wheel and button,the sign being marked to correspond with the button, and mechanismoperated by the pushing in of a button and adapted to unlock the drawer,turn a number wheel, and raise a display sign, substantially asdescribed.

3. A cash register, comprising a case having an upwardly extending frontportion with a transparent upper end, a drawer held to slide in thecase,a lock to hold the drawer closed, a series of numbered push buttonsarranged on the front of the drawer, a series of registering numberwheels arranged within the drawer, a series of vertically movabledisplay signs adapted to move up into the transparent upper portion ofthe case, the signs being numbered to correspond with the push buttons,and mechanism operated by the pressing of a button for releasing thelock, turning a number wheel, and raising a sign, substantially asdescribed a. In a cash register, the combination with the case having arecess in its bottom, of the drawer held to slide in the case, and theregistering mechanism carried by the drawer the swinging lock bar havinga bolt thereon adapted to extend through the drawer bottom and into therecess in the case, a push button arranged in the front of the drawer, aslide rod connected with the push button, and with the registeringmechanism and a swinging lever operated by the slide rod and having anarm extending below the lock bar and in contact therewith, substantiallyas described.

5. In a cash register, the combination with the inclosing case thedrawer held to slide therein, the registering mechanism carried by thedrawer of a swinging lock baradapted to lock the drawer to the case, atoothed registering wheel mounted on the drawer and having numbersthereon, the distances between the numbers corresponding to thedistances between the teeth, a push button arranged in the front of thedrawer, a slide rod operated by the push button, a swinging leverpivotally connected with the slide rod and having an arm to raise thelock bar, and a pawl also operated by the slide bar and held to engagethe teeth of the number wheel, substantially as described.

6. In a cash register, the combination of the case having a recess inthe bottom, the sliding drawer held to move in the case, the swinginglock bar held in the drawer, a bolt carried by the lock bar andextending clownward through the drawerbottom and into the recess of thecase, the push button held to slide in the front of the drawer, theslide rod operated by the push button, the swinging lever pivotallyconnected with the slide rod and having an arm extending beneath thelock bar, the revoluble toothed number wheel, and the spring pawloperated by the slide bar and adapted to engage the teeth of the numberwheel, substantially as described.

7. The combination in a cash register, of the revoluble crank shaft, thenumber wheels loosely mounted thereon, mechanism forturning the numberwheels, the mutilated ratchet wheels secured to the shaft adjacent tothe number wheels, and pawls carried by the number wheels and adapted toengage the ratchet wheels, substantially as described.

8. The combination with a cash drawer and its lock, of a registeringmechanism within the drawer, push rods extending through the drawerfront and connected with the lock and the registering mechanism forsimultaneously operating them, and a lock on the drawer front forlocking the push rods, said lock beling adapted to be operated from theexterior of the drawer, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination with a cash drawer and its lock, of a registeringmechanism Within the drawer, a push rod extending through the drawerfront and connected with the lock and the registering mechanism forsimultaneously operating them, substantially as set forth.

10. In a cash register, the combination, of the numbered push buttons,the vertically movable signs numbered to correspond with the pushbuttons, the slide rods movable by the push buttons, the oscillatinglevers actuated by the slide rods, the tilting arms held in the paths ofthe levers and actuated thereby, the swinging bell crank connected bypitmen with the tilting arms, upwardly swinging arms movable by the bellcranks, means for moving the signs bythe movements of the upwardlyswinging arms, and a fastening device to hold the signs in a raisedposition, substantially as described.

11. The combination with the sliding drawer and the registeringmechanism contained in the drawer, of the push buttons arranged in thedrawer front and adapted to operate the registering mechanism, and theguard plate secured to the drawer front and extending above the pushbuttons, substantially as described.

CHARLES J. PASSICK.

Vitnesses:

WALTER CATTLE, O. W. BARKLEY.

